U.S. WNT to Open 2013 against Scotland in Jacksonville, Fla., on Feb. 9

NewsDec 15, 2012

First Game of Tom Sermanni Era will be Against His Native Land; Tickets on Sale to Public Next Friday, Dec. 21

First Game of Tom Sermanni Era will be Against His Native Land;Tickets on Sale to Public Next Friday, Dec. 21

CHICAGO (Dec. 15, 2012) – The U.S. Women’s National Team will start its 2013 schedule in the same state where it will end 2012, facing Scotland on Feb. 9
at EverBank Field in Jacksonville, Fla. The match will kick off at 5 p.m. ET, and broadcast information will be released at a later date.

Tickets starting at $22 go on sale to the public Friday, Dec. 21, at 10 a.m. ET through ussoccer.com, by phone at 1-800-745-3000 and at all Ticketmaster
ticket centers throughout the Jacksonville area (including many Walmart stores). Groups of 20 or more can obtain an order form at ussoccer.com or call
312-528-1290. Ultimate Fan Tickets (special VIP packages which include a premium ticket, a custom made official U.S. national team jersey with name and
number, VIP access to the field before and after the game, and other unique benefits) are also available exclusively through ussoccer.com.

As a sponsor of U.S. Soccer, Visa® is pleased to offer all Visa cardholders access to an advance ticket sale for this match before the sale to the general
public. This advance sale starts Thursday, Dec. 20, at 10 a.m. ET and runs until Friday, Dec. 21, at 8 a.m. ET at ussoccer.com. Visa will be the only
payment method accepted through the Visa presale and is the preferred card of U.S. Soccer. Terms and conditions apply.

The clash with Scotland will mark the first official game for new U.S. head coach Tom Sermanni, and in a quirk of scheduling, it will be against his native
country. Sermanni, who hails from Glasgow, started his playing career there before moving on to England and then Australia, where he began his long
coaching career.

“It’s great to have the first game set and it’s even more exciting that my first opponent as the U.S. coach is against the country of my birth,” said
Sermanni. “(Scotland coach) Anna (Signeul) has done a terrific job with the program and they have made great strides over the past four or five years. They
are now a very competitive team in women’s international football. The first match is going to be something very new, but I’m really looking forward to
getting started with this team.”

Additional Notes:

The match will take place almost 17 years to the day after the USA’s last appearance in Jacksonville. The U.S. Women defeated Norway, 2-1, at the venue
(formerly Jacksonville Municipal Stadium) on Feb. 4, 1996, in the run-up to the 1996 Olympics. EverBank Field is home to the NFL’s Jacksonville Jaguars.

The USA has played Scotland in an official match just one time in its history. Scotland visited Columbus Crew Stadium in Columbus, Ohio, in September
2002 in what turned out to be an 8-2 victory for the Americans.

Abby Wambach scored her first career hat trick in that game. The goals were just the second, third and fourth of her career. Mia Hamm also had a hat
trick in that match, the last of eight that she had in her career.

Wambach currently has 150, just eight short of tying Hamm for the most goals in the history of international soccer.

Scotland barely missed out on a berth in the 2013 European Championships, coming seconds away from qualifying before giving up a goal in stoppage time of
overtime to Spain in the second leg of a two-game playoff.

The U.S. WNT has compiled a record of 27-1-3 in 2012 and will finish what has been an extremely busy and highly successful year with the final match of
the Fan Tribute Tour, presented by Panasonic, tonight against China PR at FAU Stadium in Boca Raton, Fla. The match will kickoff at 7 p.m. ET and be
broadcast live on NBC Sports Network and Univision Sports Network.